Girl name#1,044 of girl names
Zelda
Pronounced Z EH1 L D AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2020
- 145 years in use
How popular is Zelda?
Zelda is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 16,411 children — the 1,044th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about five times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2020, when 526 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- Z EH1 L D AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Zelda
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Zelda
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Zelda?
- Zelda ranks 1,044th among girls' names in US records, with 16,411 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,435.
- Is Zelda a unisex name?
- No. Zelda is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Zelda most popular?
- 2020, when 526 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.